St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-03
TEMPTED TO ROBBERY.
TELLER SCOTT'S NARRATIVE OF
HIS $I5O,OOO CRIME.
How the Bank of the Manhattan Com
pany, of New York, Was Plundered and
the Thief Turned the Money Over to q
Stockbroker-A Well-told Story.

pany, of New York, Was Plundered and
the Thief Turned the Money Over to a
Stockbroker-A Well-told Story.
More comprehensive particulars have
been made public concerning the arrest
of John r. Dunn, stockbroker of New
York, for alleged completely in the rob-
berry of the Manhattan Bank of $146, 900
in June, 1885, by Richard Seamen Scott,
the paying-teller of the bank, who fled to
Europe and has been living In London
ever since. Dunn is thirty-eight years
old and Scott forty-two. Dunn is unmar-
ried, Scott married. The arrest of Dunn
was made on the affidavit of Scott him
self, who it seems, after intrusting nearly
all the spoils to Dunn for safekeeplng,
came to the conclusion that Dunn was
deceiving him, and so, on June - last,
Scott made full confession before United
States Consul General Wallerin London.
The confession is virtually as follows:
"Previous to June /, 1885, I had been
for twenty years in the employ OF the
bank of the Manhattan Company For
over ten years had been specializing
with the banks money and had lost $40
900. In May, 1885, | feared discovery
and determined to advise with J. X.
Dunn, a lawyer, who was a cousin of
my wife, about the best way to make
restitution. | went to see him, and he
asked me how much money | could lay
my hands on.
"I can take a million or two said.
"'You may as well be hung for sheep
as lamb, was his reply.
Gle then told me if | abscOnded to
Canada | could not be eXtradited, and
advised me to take all | could lay my
hands on and skip. After telling me to
think the matter over we made an
appointment for the next day, he promis-
ing to look up the law on the point.
When | met him next day he again urged
me to get the money, he promising, out
of gratitude for what my wife's father
had done for him, to keep the money,
and forward it to me at any address.
Il had several conversations with
Dunn, whG said | had better hurry up,
and posted me about trains, detectives,
&c. The next morning | went on the
BoWerv, bought some common clothes,
put them in a bag and took them with
me to the bank On Friday afternoon,
MAY 80, l took from the safe 100000 in
gold certificates of deposit and in the
denomination of 81 900 bills, and wrapped
them in two separate packages and placed
them in my pocket. then left the bank
and met Dunn at Sixth avenue and Fifty
ninth street We walked together in the
park, and then sat down in quiet spot.
| then said, 1 have taken the money and
have it with me, but have made up my
mind not to go away l am going to try
and raise my shortage and prevent this
step
You know your own business best,
but advise you to get out at once, said
Dunn.
1--WE were in the park two hours, and
Dunn kept urging me to keep the money
and get away. He told me to shave off
my mustache, travel second class, and
to address no letters to my family, but to
write to postoffice box 1860, New York.
We then separated, promising to meet
the next day at the Grand Union Hotel.
During the morning | tried to borrow
money enough to make up my deficiency,
but couldn't
"On Sunday, at half-past four, l had
another conversation with Dunn, who
again urged me to leave the country. The
next morning (Monday) | went to the
bank and put the $500, 900 back into the
safe. | then attended to my duties as
paving teller until 430 in the afternoon,
when took $150,000 in gold certificates,
wrapping them in two packages, one OF
$4,000 and the other $4,000. | then
took $500 from the counter and went to
Dunn. | handed the package contain
ing the $4,000 to him. He took it,
after looking hastily around, and
his hand trembled like a leaf. We
babe each other goodbye, and | took the
sleeper for Montreal that night at six
o'clock, after having shaved off my mus
tache and changed my clothes. l re-
manned in Canada, living under the name
of Jones, until September, and though |
frequently wrote Dunn for money he
sent me only $1,000 while in Canada.
sailed for Liverpool and wrote him from
there and from London, but received no
reply. | then wrote to my wife's sister,
Mrs Jennie A. Searle, inclosing letters
from nv wife.
81 learned that Dunn was coming to
London, so | watched out for him. When
he arrived he gave me 800 and we
consulted about compromising with the
bank as to my civil liability. Dunn then
claimed that he had forwarded me S21,-
900, which | knew was untrue. We had
considerable trouble. Dunn returned to
America and wrote me that he could
compromise my civil liability to the bank
for the sum of $4,000, whereupOn | at
once wrote to Dunn to turn over to my
wifes lawyers that sum and asked him
not to delay moment. At the same
time | wrote him to whom he should
turn over the balance of the money in
his hands. On February 3 received a
letter from Dunn, in which he stated that
he lad been specializing in wheat and
stocks and had lost my money and his
own. He intimated that he would com
nit suicide, as he was heartbrOken."
When Dunn was arrested at his office,
No. IS New street, he exhibited no sur
prise, only asking, 'Who made the atfi
davits?" He was held in $3.50 900 bonds
and is now in Ludlow-street jail. 1t is
probable that Dunn has still in his pos
session the bulk of the money.
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